John and Courtney Gilcrease, a family of 8 seen a need of a great American dessert place in the North DFW area of Texas.. They both realized this after spending hours traveling in every direction to fulfill their sweet tooth craving every chance they could.
While visiting their favorite places such as Dutch Bro's, Crumble, Beth Marie's, they quickly realized the famous "Fried Pie" was a much-needed sweet that was nowhere to be found in the great state of Texas.
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John & Courtney traveled to Oklahoma once every 3-4 months to fulfill their Fried Pie craving for nearly 10 years at the one and only Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pie. The Gooey warm pie filling was enough to win over their hearts, so much that they felt that everyone should experience a taste that warms the soul.
Even though John's plate has been full with North Texas Sanitation, Gleam Trash Can Cleaners and Xchangecan he knew that the desired little sweet treat was a much needed family dessert that was desperately needed in the same communities that he has spent the last 7 years building relationships in.
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John and Courtney had finally decided that 2023 was the year that they were going to bring Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies to Texas.
Countless hours have been spent rolling and pressing dough to achieve the exact warm, golden, flakey crust that crumbles in your mouth that Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pie offers.
Gooey's warm pie filling has been perfected with flavor to rejuvenate every single taste bud in your mouth, giving you the experience your heart desires.
Gooey's fried pies are all individually hand-made to ensure that every customer will receive the perfect consistency of taste and texture in each and every pie that is sold.
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Starting off as an Every Saturday Home Delivery Service, John's hopes are that the demand for Gooey Fried Pies will support the vision of their first retail location by year 2025.
To ensure that you as the consumer receives a fresh product they make every pie that is delivered the same day, the morning of. This is the reasoning behind their delivery routes starting at 9am.
The goal is to always create demand, in attempts to do so their flavors will rotate on a monthly basis. Although they will have three annual flavors (Apple, Blackberry, Pecan) there will be a verity of others that will rotate throughout the year such as ( Cherry, Blueberry, Apricot, Peach and many others.) To ensure that everyone gets to experience their favorites they carry sugar free as well.